Thomas Bryan and Mike Gourley in the Wellington Access Radio studio Tune in to Thomas Bryan as he explores the diversity of disability issues, with co-host Mike Gourley. No Labels is a programme about your community with a focus on accessibility for all. The show looks at services which might assist you, and highlights topics and challenges that might pose barriers for older people, or those living with or experiencing disability. In each programme we interview someone from the community whose role, paid or voluntary, provides topical and current information relating to our community. Each show has a disability/accessibility focus and the issues this might pose for our community. Guests share about their role in the community, a little about themselves and their favourite music. Tune in every week, Tuesdays, at 1pm. If you want to get in touch with Thomas, send him an email – thomas.s.bryan@gmail.com March 25th TRIGGER WARNING* some of the mahi talked about today touches on sensitive topics: Nikita Ya-Han Tu-Bryant Nikita Ya-Han Tu-Bryant is a known multi-disciplinary Taiwan-born Artist storyteller, fronting Pōneke band KITA, as well as her acting work in TV show FAR NORTH, she was also a headliner in last year’s WOW. Over the years in-between her own artistic endeavors, she has spent over a decade teaching music and creativity as a music facilitator. Her sessions’ kaupapa have been a platform for finding people’s voices and expression through their own story. Her sessions have helped people through PTSD, building confidence, to addressing suicide through theatre collaborations in Japan. She’s worked with a wide range of age groups and genders spanning from children with Autism, refugee groups, people in-between homes, to topics of domestic violence. Nikita started working with John in 2020 to support him with his lung capacity through breathing techniques and singing. This eventually led to songwriting, where she co-wrote, facilitated, produced and arranged the music at Surgery Studios. There she brought John Landreth and a collective of musicians in, to record his first ever EP The Wall. John Landreth New Zealand actor and now songwriter – John Landreth – recently released his debut EP, his first foray into songwriting. ‘The Wall’ by The John Landreth Project is a deeply personal project several years in the making after a serious accident in late 2018 left John permanently paralysed. Since his accident, John will be best known by New Zealanders as ‘John’ in the hugely popular 2024 NEON TV series – Spinal Destination. It was a role he was able to write for himself, acting alongside Bree Peters, Tom Sainsbury and Oscar Phillips. The Wall by The John Landreth Project is a collection of four songs. Streets are Bare was written over Zoom by John with Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant during the COVID lockdown. The other three songs – Weightless, The Wall and The Light Shines Through (co-written with Matt Mulholland) – centre around obstacles, life’s challenges and how we respond to them. A video for Weightless (directed by Nikita Tu-Bryant) was released alongside the EP is a candid insight into John’s life before and after his accident. MUSIC VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/@TheJohnLandrethProject
